Measurements of In-Motion 802.11 Networking Export

@techreport{gass:in-motion-tr, abstract = {Wireless networking can support in-motion users by providing occasional opportunities to transmit and receive data. We measure the performance of UDP and TCP transfers between a car traveling at speeds from 5 mph to 75 mph, and an 802.11b access point. We analyze the impact of bandwidth and delay limitations in the backhaul network on the feasibility of in-motion transfer with typical Internet applications. We observe that in interference-free environments, a significant amount of data can be transferred using off-the-shelf equipment. We find that performance suffers mostly from network or application related problems instead of wireless link issues, i.e., protocols with handshakes, bandwidth limitations, and long round-trip times.}, author = {Gass, Richard and Scott, James and Diot, Christophe}, citeulike-article-id = {5806294}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://www.cambridge.intel-research.net/~rgass/papers/tr/irc-tr05050-inmotion.pdf}, institution = {Intel Research Technical Report}, keywords = {cambridge\_inmotion, crawdad, measurement, wireless}, month = {October}, number = {IRC-TR-05-050}, posted-at = {2009-09-20 02:43:35}, priority = {2}, title = {Measurements of In-Motion 802.11 Networking}, url = {http://www.cambridge.intel-research.net/~rgass/papers/tr/irc-tr05050-inmotion.pdf}, year = {2005} }

TY - RPRT ID - gass:in-motion-tr L3 - citeulike-article-id:5806294 N2 - Wireless networking can support in-motion users by providing occasional opportunities to transmit and receive data. We measure the performance of UDP and TCP transfers between a car traveling at speeds from 5 mph to 75 mph, and an 802.11b access point. We analyze the impact of bandwidth and delay limitations in the backhaul network on the feasibility of in-motion transfer with typical Internet applications. We observe that in interference-free environments, a significant amount of data can be transferred using off-the-shelf equipment. We find that performance suffers mostly from network or application related problems instead of wireless link issues, i.e., protocols with handshakes, bandwidth limitations, and long round-trip times. IS - IRC-TR-05-050 TI - Measurements of In-Motion 802.11 Networking KW - cambridge_inmotion KW - crawdad KW - measurement KW - wireless AU - Gass, Richard AU - Scott, James AU - Diot, Christophe PY - 2005/October// UR - http://www.cambridge.intel-research.net/~rgass/papers/tr/irc-tr05050-inmotion.pdf ER -